Graduate Resident Fellows

Graduate Resident Fellows

Graduate Resident Fellows (GRFs) are PhD students who live in Alice Cook House and who support the House Professor-Dean, Assistant Dean, and House Fellows in creating a positive, vibrant and academically engaging living-learning community.  GRFs serve as mentors and role models to undergraduate residents and they serve in leadership roles for academic enrichment by promoting a variety of programs and activities.

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Beulah Agyemang-Barimah
Graduate Resident Fellow

Beulah is a PhD candidate in Computational Biology. Who knew we could even compute biology these days? Well, Beulah is doing it and she claims to like it.

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Alikhan Fidai
Graduate Resident Fellow

Alikhan is a Ph.D. candidate in Biomedical Engineering. His research aims to create a
biological replacement for damaged or degenerated intervertebral discs.

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Ayaj Rana
Graduate Resident Fellow

Ayaj Rana is a PhD student at the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School.

Tong Chen
Tong Chen
Graduate Resident Fellow

Tong (Natalie) is a PhD candidate in molecular nutrition. Her research focuses on the molecular links between Alzheimer's disease and insulin resistance.

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Rafael Torralvo
Graduate Resident Fellow

Rafael Torralvo is a violinist and Ph.D. candidate in music and sound studies at Cornell University.